TEMPO.CO, Pekanbaru - Riau Police narcotics and illegal drugs unit shot dead an alleged crystal methamphetamine dealer with seven bullets.
"The drug dealer (JA) resisted by firing revolver airsoft gun. He then escaped and narcotics unit fired shots at him," Riau Police chief Insp. Gen. Zulkarnain stated on Saturday, July 29.
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He explained that the police fired seven shots including one shot on the leg and underarm, two shots on the back, two shots on the front body and a tilted shot yet failed to aim at the body.
"The bullet from the back did not go through and ended in his body. This caused his death," Zulkarnain explained.
He was informed that the drug dealer is a former Indonesian National Military personnel and he was discharged in 2015.
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